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Well as we all know(or should know) in England it is called football. Here in the US we have a sport of football that differs from the English "football" which is our soccer. Our football involves much more physical contact and much more use of the hands when the English football is soccer. Since football has a totally different meaning here in the US, soccer was proclaimed the name of the English football. For in England Rugbe is in relation to the US football.

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The word Soccer started as a phonetically abbreviated vernacular word for 'Association football' coded by the 'Football Association' Est:1863 started by English public school students who took the 'soc' from 'Association' and put an 'er' on the end. The same students called Rugby football 'Rugger' but this word has largely fallen out of use. Typically 'an Oxford University student who played Association football and Rugby football' would be described as "an Oxforder who plays Soccer and Rugger". This is why before 1863 the word Soccer did not exist.

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